Nationality Filipino Other names Ka Oncha | Years active 1946 - 1980 Name Rosa Mia | |
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Full Name Rosita Quinto Stecza Died November 28, 2006 (aged 81) Occupation Actress and Film director | ||
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Rosita Quinto Stecza (1925 – November 28, 2006), known by her screen name Rosa Mia, was an award-winning actress and one of the few female directors in the Philippines. She was known as the "Queen of Tearjerker Movies" for her work mostly on the drama genre typified in motherly roles.
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Career
Ka Oncha, as she is known among her colleagues from radio, started her career in movies of actor-producer Fernando Poe, Sr. for his production company X'otic Films. It was he who gave her screen name Rosa Mia in her first movie, "Dugo at bayan (I remember Bataan)" in 1946. The movie was also the first for Dolphy, the country's unequivocal King of Comedy.
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